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UK Drafts Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlements After West Bank Building Plan Advances
Israel has opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes for Israeli settlers in a West Bank area called E1.
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Russian Strikes on Kyiv Kill at Least 12, Wound 33
Russia fired missiles and drones at Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, overnight Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 33, the Associated Press reported.
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Ukraine's fired defence minister demands wartime elections
Mykhailo Fedorov, who ran Ukraine's drone program and was recently fired as defence minister, publicly called on President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections even though martial law bans voting during the war with Russia.
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EU's top diplomat calls for tougher Russia sanctions, but plan lacks detail
Kaja Kallas, the European Union's top foreign policy official, has called for a big expansion of the EU's sanctions against Russia.
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Cost of new Czech nuclear reactors nearly doubles to 700 billion crowns
Czechia's industry minister says the two new nuclear reactors being built at Dukovany by South Korea's KHNP will cost about 700 billion crowns, almost double the roughly 400 billion crowns the government announced in 2024.
USA ✳
Senate Democrats demand explanation for 17-month pause on new Russia sanctions
Senate Democrats are asking the Trump administration why it has issued no new sanctions in 17 months against networks that help Russia dodge existing sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine.
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Report: Trump left Turkey using a decoy plane and catering truck
According to The Washington Post, Donald Trump did not leave this month's NATO summit in Turkey the way he has publicly described.
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WHO Says It Is Losing Ground Against Ebola Outbreak in Congo
The World Health Organisation, the United Nations' health agency, says an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than health workers can contain it.
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Zelenskyy: North Korea Will Send Up to 50,000 More Troops to Fight for Russia
Ukraine's president says Moscow and Pyongyang have agreed to raise North Korea's troop presence in Russia to between 30,000 and 50,000 — a scale that would make it Russia's largest foreign troop contribution and give Pyongyang combat experience with implications far beyond Europe.
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Ukraine Buys Missiles From Turkey as US Stocks Run Low After Iran War
Ukraine bought 70 ATACMS, a US-made long-range missile, from Turkey instead of the US.
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Iran adds demand for war damage payments to Hormuz strait deal
Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, says talks with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are almost finished, but Iran now wants compensation for war damages and other unnamed conditions met first.
EU freezes assets, bans travel for 5 more Russians over strikes on Ukraine
The European Union has added five more people to its sanctions list over Russia's renewed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.